19 Apr 2018. William Friedkin invented a new kind of car chase in “The French Connection,” but at the start of his new documentary, “The Devil and Father. The Devil and Father Amorth movie reviews & Metacritic score: William Friedkin returns not only to his documentary roots but to the subject of one of his mos. The Devil and Father Amorth is a 2017 documentary film directed by William Friedkin showing the ninth exorcism of an Italian woman in the village of Venafro.